rcarichter

This week I did something incredibly stupid, and managed to dodge a huge bullet.
Now that fall weather is here, we tend to leave the doors and windows open for some fresh air, which invites quite a few flies into the reptile room. Wednesday I went out to buy feeders (2,000 crickets, roaches, fruit flies). I also picked up a Hot Shot No-Pest Strip. I glanced over the instructions, assuming it worked like any other pest strip (ie flies are attracted then stick to it). I hung it on the wall, as far as possible from the tanks. I like to gutload the bugs overnight before feeding them to my herps, so I put their gutload in and went to bed.
The next morning, every cricket, fly, and roach in the room was dead. Close call; I lost about $80 in feeders, but no herps. Could have been an absolute disaster.

Just wanted to put a warning out there to fellow herpers.

Noelle